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Lai Man-chun is a coach of the Hong Kong China dragon boat representative team, involved over many years in the team's training. According to the association's published Hong Kong team list, Lai is one of the team's coaches, working alongside head coach Chan Chung-lun and Wu Xincheng. As early as 2019 he served as a coach with the Hong Kong team at that year's National Youth Games dragon boat events; in 2023 he was named in the Hong Kong, China delegation as a coach for the dragon boat events at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Dragon boat requires every paddler to stroke in unison to the drummer's beat, and the coach is responsible for fitness, technique and paddling drills, adjusting tactics for different distances such as 200, 500 and 1,000 metres. Hong Kong's team is made up largely of amateur paddlers who hold other jobs, and the coaching staff's sustained input is important to maintaining the team's level. Little has been published about Lai's earlier career as an athlete or his personal background, and his roles are documented mainly in the lists published by the association, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the SF&OC.